Nodes in Lower Blue Mountains

The lower mountains features a variety of areas from gorges, gullies, gulches, caves, waves, and much more. Renowned for its loose sandstone, the climbing can be quite friable!

Medium height bolted sport climbing area in a deep forested valley near Springwood.

Up high in corner on a small ledge.

Up tending left following the streak to bulge at top. 4 U bolts to Ring / U anchor

A bit runout at top. Up following white orange groove. 3 U bolts to Ring / U bolt anchor

Slabby to vertical wall up to 15m high.

Up obvious crack line on arete.

1. 15m (12) Follow the right seam up the arete placing gear as you go, traversing left to tree and ledge beneath blank face.

2. 5m (6) Scramble up dirty gully.

Up rightmost seam on arrete as for Chicken Run to the little cave. From here continue directly up the corner crack. Tree belay well back from edge. A No. 4 Camalot helps near the end. Watch out for loose rock at the top. To get off, walk right through spikefest for 15m and rap from tree.

4m right of CR.

Line of ring bolts up orange streak finishing at double rings above bulge.

Start 3m right of Knuckles.

Line of ring bolts on left side of 'Arete', finishing up WW on slab. 4 ring bolts + DRBB

Follow line of ring bolts up arete to slab finish. DRBB

The wide arching crack between WW and NSU.

2m right of the big crack (BF). Follow line of ring bolts up thin face, to hard move over bulge (crux). Finish up slab to lower offs.

Up arete 6m right of NSU. Laybacks and crimps with crux after second ring bolt

Up crack and some loose rock down low to great top half. 1m right of small cave. DRBB.

Up crack as for the start of GEITM, follow crack rightwards to the top anchors of TWBT. Nice easy crack, plenty of pro and you can clip the first couple of bolts on GEITM if you want.

Short bouldery route. DRBB.

Up clean streak over slab to shared lower offs

Start is at grade then easier moves from ledge to ledge.

Juggy start to slabby finish.

On faint arete, Juggy face to sloppy top

1m right of Paperbag, Reachy start up juggy face tending slightly right to shared lower offs.

Hard start jamming up crack, getting easier after the second bolt to shared anchors

Just left of groove, Balancey reachy start, through 3 varied mantles to the top. Drop a grade or two if your tall

1m rt of AGS, balance and smear up tricky slab and then layback to glory.

Layback up right side of flake, step onto wall and up slot between the walls

Onto attached flake, step right across onto face and up over juggy bulge.

2m rt of A, Straight up face, over bulge to top.

2m rt of TWSS, again straight up face over bulge to juggy face

The Crag is small by Blue Mountain standards, being about 100 metres long and broken up by several large caves. 'Purgatory Wall' receives sun about Midday, while 'Bull Ant Wall is in the sun up to about 2-3 pm. Kev's boulder is shaded from around 11 a.m. onwards. The wall's range from slabs to over vertical and are all relatively short. If it looks like it might rain up in the Bluey's 'The Heights' it might make a good alternative.

A slabby Wall about 9 metres high with some good rock. All climbs are described from left to right with the first 3 climbs on your right as you descend and the rest on your left.

To the left of ABD with DBB on the top. Easily accessible for top roping. Crux is near the start then through jugs and pockets. Boulders left and right of the route are out.

Front side of Kevs boulder, up arete clipping bolts on your left...top out for full value (lowers offs available if needed)

Around corner from ABD, up left side of slab to shared anchors or top out and walk off

Right side of slab on kevs boulder, 2 bolts and top out to belay bolts on top (shared anchors available if preferred)

First route on main wall, Up arete left of corner moving right at top to shared anchors

Sick of sandy slabs and ringbolts? Be a trad lad and try the finger crack between Yoda and Queen or Country. Jam through the bulge to join the arete, finishing as for Yoda at DBB.

An easy pocketed featured wall up past left side of cave. Crux after 2nd bolt. 2 bolts + DBB.

2m right of QOC. Straight up slab and right side of cave. 4 bolts + Lower offs

Up the wall to the left of the bulge following line of bolts with crux past the third bolt. 3 bolts + DBB

Easy start to bulge, getting significantly harder after the second bolt. 2 bolts + DBB

2m rt of S, over small overlap over the sloppy nose to anchors.

1.5m rt of Totally Testicular, at the top traverse left to DRB.

Straight up middle of the cave.

An orange steepish wall about 10 metres high. All climbs are described from left to right.

A current project by Josh up right side of cave.

Up 2 RB to shared lower offs with 'Forever Malcom Young'

Start: 1 meter left of 'Forever Malcom Young'

Up 2 RB to shared lower offs with 'Frenzal Rhomb'

Start: 1 meter left of 'Probalator'

Steepish terrain on good holds to the right of small cave. Crux move after second bolt, keeping off large boulder on the right. 2 bolts + DBB.

The right of The 'Escape Route' , on the left side of the big cave

Around the corner up right side of cave,Up right side of the big cave, traversing left above lip of cave. 6 bolts + DBB.

2m rt of THCBOTA. Straight up slabby bulge. 3 bolts + DBB

A great online guide to this area can be found on the Sydney Rockies site: http://routes.sydneyrockies.org.au/confluence/display/nswrock/Nortons+Basin

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